Local Govt & Politics
Rasmus takes helm of county Mental Health Board
Scott Rasmus has been promoted to be the new executive director of the Butler County Mental Health Board.Prior to the promotion, Rasmus was the board’s assistant executive director for six years.He replaces Terry Royer, who retired after serving the board for 23 years.Board president Patricia Deis-Gleeson said that Rasmus was ...
Locals heading to D.C. upset about end of White House tours
First the federal government cut Bradley Beers’ pay by 20 percent. Now it’s messing up his vacation.Beers, a civilian employee at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is one of thousands of tourists planning to come to Washington, D.C., for spring break. Like others, he hoped to visit the White House during ...
Boehner calls former imprisoned congressman’s criticism of him ‘sad’
House Speaker John Boehner is unimpressed by formerly imprisoned Ohio Rep. Bob Ney’s criticism of him. Boehner, R-West Chester Twp., was lambasted in Ney’s new book, “Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill,” as being more interested in fundraising and partying than governing. Ney, R-Heath, described ...
Wright-Patt waiting on Pentagon for more details on cuts
Wright-Patterson leaders and employees anxiously awaited the impact of sequestration as a Friday countdown to the automatic spending cuts loomed. Many questions remain unanswered and won’t be known until the base receives instructions from the Department of Defense and the Air Force, according to Col. Cassie B. Barlow, commander of ...
Speaker Boehner tells senators to ‘get off their ass’
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner is using salty language to prod the Senate to act on legislation to replace automatic spending cuts known as the sequester. Boehner complained at a news conference Tuesday that the House has twice passed bills that would replace the across-the-board cuts with more targeted ...
Taxes, Medicaid, education focus of Kasich address
Gov. John Kasich used his third State of the State address on Tuesday to convince Ohioans and state lawmakers that his budget plan is the right mix of smart government service delivery and business-friendly tax policy. Kasich detailed progress made in Ohio since he took office in 2011 and urged ...
Funding plan for Kramer remains under consideration
Talawanda Board of Education members remain divided over an alternative funding plan for a new Kramer Elementary building.The board heard an hour-long report Monday night about funding using Certificates of Participation, along with some information they had requested at the end of a Jan. 22 work session.Some of Monday’s report ...
New hire will save county money, officials say
Butler County commissioners have hired a new chief building official who they say has skills that will both save the county money and aid in future development.Dennis Dickard, of Cincinnati, will begin his position Feb. 25, replacing Bill Balsinger who retired in August.Dickard, who most recently served as a backup ...
City OKs 2 street projects
Two major street projects took another step forward at Tuesday’s city council meeting.Chestnut Street from Main to the intersection with Brookville Road, where State Route 732 turns south, will be repaved. Work will include replacement of street markings and curb, gutter and sidewalk improvements.Another 2013 project will be work on ...
New year brings changes for county commission
The first three weeks have been busy in the Butler County Commission office with office shuffling, employee shifting and a new commissioner sworn in.The commission approved last week the terms of a contract to hire Susanna Merlone as the county’s new finance manager, replacing Pete Landrum who took a position ...
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